That was so short it was almost lazy. I DEMAND MORE.

I too got a dolphin, and had to talk them up to myself. (Social! Intelligent!) I am also in Hufflepuff. Apparently, in the Potterverse, I am basic AF. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I am neither calico cat nor dolphin. I can’t delude myself, I know I am destined to be a boring animal of some kind. I should be glad I didn’t draw “budgie” or “leafcutter ant”. But I would have been happy with crow, dragonfly, or bear. I don’t need to be a narwhal. Are you listening, JKR? Can we have a do-over or…

I got Hufflepuff (completely accurate) and a calico cat (couldn’t be farther off the mark). Go figure.

My mom tamed a feral kitty & named him Banjo. Many happies

My week started off crappy because of my period D: then got worse because I got sick all of a sudden. I was feeling it hard on Wednesday so much boyfriend took our son to the library to give me a break. They came home and my son bursts into my room with a bouquet of Tiger Lily flowers(my favorite) and my favorite…

I got some fancy cheese this week at the grocery. I’m very off and on with dairy so it was a real treat to get cheese at all let alone anything particularly special. It was a little wedge of white Stilton cheese with mango and ginger pieces in it. I swear it tasted better than cake.

I’ve been struggling big-time with two things lately: feeling unhappy with my current life trajectory, and feeling like I am becoming one-dimensional (partially bc school has taken over many things, partially because my main hobby of 14 years now exacerbates joint/muscle/nerve pain issues). But something I’ve held…

What’s making me happy is after years of wishful thinking, I decided to take up archery. I seem to have some skill and potential. I am excited to see how far I can go.

My fiancee and I broke up 2 months ago, and I’ve been crashing at a friend’s while I sort out a new place... The first month and a half were a haze, I couldn’t bare to be alone and was out drinking and partying almost every day of the week. I would come home in the wee hours of the morning and cry myself to sleep.

I’m happy about the arrival of fall! It’s nice and cool at night (chilly even, at 7200 feet), the leaves are turning wonderful colors, the air smells GREAT, I love everything about it! Bonus: Boots and sweaters.

From the girl that played Luna Lovegood

You know, I kind of feel you, I mean, dolphins are pretty pedestrian as far as sea mammals go. Like, at least you should have gotten an orca or a beluga or something.

Could be worse. I heard that a lot of people are getting salmon. SALMON. Look out dementors, comin at ya with dill and capers!

I did not take the test, but I’m certain my patronus/daemon would be a big, goofy, mixed-breed dog.

We have a new puppy! I only had to do an 8 hour round trip in the car with my kids and my wee dog to pick her up. And we really didn’t know for sure that she’d be there (the SPCAs in this area are notoriously bad at updating their sites). But we got there before opening and we fell in love and took her home.

Alright guys and gals, how many of you people took the Pottermore Patronus test this week? I, in a real life version of ‘oh my god my parents were right’, found the whole thing to be an exercise in “be careful what you wish for”. As in, there’s no way a quiz that never asks the same questions could ever give you…

In truth, I think that “blah” is the depression. It kinda saps your ability to mobilize and get your life going, even if you’re not sad or upset. I don’t know what I could recommend because I’ve never understood why it starts or why it leaves, but I do know that it’s always transient. For me, it’s seasonal.

One time I got this series of texts from my dad:

A further tip: the leftovers (depending on what you use) can double as filling for breakfast burritos.